Although the overall incidence of breast cancer in African-American women is lower than in white women, African-American women younger than 50 years old have a higher incidence of breast cancer than white women. African-American women with breast cancer have a poorer survival rate than white women a
Perceptions of Breast Cancer Treatment among African-American Women and Men: Implications for Interventions
β Scribed by Christopher M. Masi; Sarah Gehlert
- Book ID
- 107413535
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
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